John McAfee 'captured on Belize-Mexico border'

The mystery over the whereabouts of millionaire software tycoon John McAfee
deepened on Sunday night after his blog suggested he had been captured by
police in Belize only for officials to deny they had him in custody.

Mr McAfee, the man behind the popular anti-virus computer software, has been in hiding since November after his neighbour¸ the American businessman Gregory Viant Faull, was shot dead.

Mr McAfee, founder of the anti-virus software company that bears his last name, denies any involvement in Mr Faull’s murder which happened on Ambergris Caye, an island where they both live off the coast of Belize. Police say they want to speak to him about the killing, but claim they do not consider him a suspect.

However Mr McAfee has repeatedly said that he believes the police and government in Belize are corrupt and that he will be “summarily executed” if he is ever caught. He has previously dismissed the possibility of ever handing himself in.

During his time on the run a blog written by the 67-year-old, has documented his travails which include disguising himself as a tramp to avoid detection.

On Saturday the blog was updated. A message, which unlike other posts appears to have been written by a third party, read: “We have received an unconfirmed report that John McAfee has been captured at the border of Belize and Mexico.”

Since then the blog has not been updated. Mr McAfee once wrote that if anything happened to him, a man named Chad would be put in charge of the blog.

In the comments section under the post, a user by the name of Chad Essley wrote: “I just received an anonymous phone call saying John was captured, and the person calling, with a Hispanic sounding accent said he himself barely escaped. Will comment if I hear anything more.”

A Twitter page which has been updated several times daily during Mr McAfee’s time on the run, had remained silent for almost 24 hours last night.

It follows an interview with CNN in which Mr McAfee suggested his life was in danger, but that he would never stop his blog.

However officials in Belize later denied that Mr McAfee has been apprehended.

A spokesman for the national police force said: “’That is not true. He is not in police custody.” Daniel Guerrero the mayor of San Pedro, the town in which Mr McAfee lived, is also reported to have denied that Mr McAfee had been found.

Mr McAfee, who says he is accompanied by a 20-year-old woman named Samantha, has conducted several interviews with the media since being on the run.

News of his arrest came one day after he spoke on camera with CNN. In the interview he said: “I will certainly not turn myself in, and I will certainly not quit fighting. I will not stop my blog.”

In an earlier interview with The Daily Telegraph, Mr McAfee said that he believes he will be “summarily executed” if he is ever captured, adding: “ “I know the prime minister laughs at this. He’s a clever and charismatic person.

“The constitution has been ridden away with. They can make up some excuse for removing me. This is the way it is in this country.”

Mr Faull was discovered dead on November 11 after being shot in the head. Mr McAfee and Mr Faull are known to have had disputes over Mr McAfee’s dogs. Mr Faull was killed after four of Mr McAfee’s 11 dogs were found dead.

However Mr McAfee says he does not believe Mr Faull killed the animals. And Mr McAfee says he believes that Mr Faull may have been the unintended victim of an assassination planned for him.